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“excellence, excellency” in Latin
excellōto elevate, raise up; to rise, elevate oneself; to exult, be elatedpraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superpulchritūdōbeauty, attractiveness; excellence; a beautiful thingexcellentiaexcellence, superiority; meritvirtūsmanhood, manliness, virility; courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry; virtue, goodnessōrātorAn orator, speaker.; A spokesman, spokesperson.; An ambassador (one entrusted with an oral message)mēnsmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgementpropriusappropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably); belonging to oneself as property, or goods: (one's) o
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
excellence, excellency
excellentia: praestantia. (The words are found in this connection and order.) excellentia praestantiaque: excellentia magnitudoque (both Cic.): Sometimes pulchritudo (beauty; e.g., virtutis, oratoris, mentis): excellentiae (in plur., Cic., Lael., 19, 69).
As a title, perhaps vir illustrissimus.
Par excellence (French = κατ’ ἐξοχήν), propter excellentiam (Cic., Top., 13, 55), or proprie (Cic., ib.); praecipue; prae ceteris; eximio nomine (e.g., aliquem or aliquid nominare). ☞ Sen. uses per excellentiam (Ep., 58), and Ulpian per eminentiam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for excellence, excellency?
- The usual Latin words for “excellence, excellency” are excellō, praestō, pulchritūdō; also excellentia, virtūs, ōrātor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.